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Georgia Votes: Early in-person voting is now underway in key swing state Georgia.
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Going Rural: Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz debuted a batch of policies aimed at rural voters, including financial incentives to recruit healthcare workers and permanently extending Medicare coverage of telehealth benefits.
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Cyber Mercenaries: Microsoft is urging the United States and its allies to collaborate in deterring state-backed cybercriminal gangs, warning that adversaries such as Russia, China, and Iran are increasingly relying on hackers, who face no “meaningful consequences” for their violations.
- Robinson v. CNN: North Carolina Lt. Gov Mark Robinson on Tuesday sued CNN for $50 million over an article the network published last month alleging he made comments on a pornography web forum years ago.
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Walgreens Shrinking: Pharmacy chain Walgreens announced it will shut down 1,200 stores across the United States over the next three years.
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Former President Donald Trump says experts were “wrong about everything” when they predicted his policies could cause negative economic effects.
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- The decision reinstates a state law provision that made certain types of paid ballot harvesting a third-degree felony.
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- Santa Ana in Orange County could soon be the first California city to permit noncitizens to vote in all municipal elections.
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Some who don’t want their single-family neighborhoods to become multi-family rental destinations have been pushing back against residential development in their areas.
- Meanwhile: Illinois, Florida, and Delaware top the list of states with highest foreclosure rates.
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A Brooklyn-based property management company blames the city for not doing more when the Tren de Aragua gang seized several apartment buildings.
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- According to the allegations found in the lawsuit, Gerald O’Connor, the owner of the Erwin, Tennessee-based Impact Plastics, wouldn’t let his employees evacuate when the flooding began.
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The move is part of a ‘footprint optimization program’ initiated by the company, its CEO says.
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- The United States is home to 813 billionaires collectively worth $5.7 trillion, according to Forbes.
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The reason we have not got to this conclusion yet is that the United States hasn’t been pushing for it.
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- Just when you think the world is falling apart, Oktoberfest comes along to remind us that not all is lost.
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- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for UNIFIL to withdraw, claiming it is “providing a human shield” to Hezbollah.
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- Kim Jong Un may no longer trust China to represent his interests and sees Moscow as a better partner for advancing his nuclear ambitions, experts say.
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- Liu Dongxian, a former chief physician in Hunan Province, China, had spent almost 16 years behind bars.
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- Approximately 17,579 cases of the illness—caused by the Bordetella pertussis bacteria—have been reported as of the week ending on Oct. 5, the most recent data that the CDC has made available. About 3,962 cases of whooping cough were reported during the same time period in 2023, the CDC data show.
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Aging doesn’t have to be synonymous with a decline in fitness. Occupational therapist Kevin Shelley shares simple exercises to stay fit and strong from your thirties to your eighties and beyond.
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“Assumption of the Virgin” fresco by Correggio. Peter Heidelberg/Shutterstock |
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” |
Venetian Origins: Ceilings are often referred to as the “fifth wall” in today’s interior design world, but decorative schemes for ceilings are nothing new. The illusionistic style of ceiling frescoes known in Italian as “di sotto in sù,” meaning “from below to above,” can be traced to 16th-century Venice. |
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The Light Master: Born Antonio Allegri (circa 1489–1534), but best known by the name of his hometown, Correggio, the artist is esteemed for his prowess in portraying luminosity and imparting divine light in his pictures. Considered the leading painter in the region of Emilia-Romagna, he created his greatest art while working in the city of Parma.
The most extraordinary was for the octagonal cupola of the Romanesque Cathedral of Parma. Called “Assumption of the Virgin,” the fresco was completed in 1530.
Symbol of Salvation: Overhead this strip is a portrayal of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven. Correggio places her on the dome’s western side, not at its center, so that she’s visible to viewers at the foot of the staircase leading from the nave up to the altar.
See more frescoes here. |
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